YouTube Earnings Calculator — Estimate Your Ad Revenue
Estimate monthly and yearly YouTube income from views and your niche's RPM.
✓ updated June 2026
RPM is your revenue per 1,000 views after YouTube's ~45% ad-revenue share, and varies hugely with niche, viewer country and seasonality. Ad revenue only — sponsorships, memberships and affiliate income come on top.
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Enter your monthly views and an RPM — your revenue per 1,000 views after YouTube's share — to estimate ad earnings. Niche presets give realistic starting points: finance and business channels often earn $6–12 RPM while entertainment and gaming sit nearer $1–2, which is why two channels with identical views can earn 10× apart.
How to use the YouTube Earnings Calculator
- Enter your average monthly views.
- Pick your niche preset or type your actual RPM from YouTube Analytics.
- Read the estimated monthly and yearly ad revenue.
Frequently asked questions
What is RPM vs CPM?
CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions; RPM is what YOU receive per 1,000 video views after YouTube's ~45% share and non-monetized views. RPM is the number that predicts your payout — find yours in YouTube Analytics.
Why do niches earn such different amounts?
Advertisers bid more to reach high-intent audiences: finance, B2B software and insurance viewers are worth more per click than entertainment viewers, pushing RPM up 5–10×.
What are the monetization requirements?
The YouTube Partner Program needs 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 public watch hours in 12 months or 10M Shorts views in 90 days, then ad revenue, memberships and Super Thanks unlock.